Compare Australia and Sri Lanka health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO 2014 updates, World Bank and the United Nations for population. INSTRUCTIONSUse the list on left to choose a new country and cause of death rank order. Use the list on right to select the Countries you want to compare to. Play or Pause the Dynamic Population Pyramids to enhance your view.

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Sri Lanka Population

LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY

GOOD

POOR

AUSTRALIA

SRI LANKA

World Rank

World Rank

Male

Female

All

M

F

All

Male

Female

All

M

F

All

1960

67.8

74.0

70.8

11

7

10

62.1

62.1

62.1

43

59

54

1970

67.8

74.4

71.0

22

17

19

63.7

66.2

64.9

54

64

61

1980

70.9

78.0

74.3

14

9

10

65.7

70.4

68.0

55

66

60

1990

74.0

80.2

77.0

8

8

5

66.9

73.5

70.1

61

63

62

2000

76.7

82.2

79.5

6

6

5

68.2

75.1

71.5

78

65

74

2010

79.6

84.1

81.9

4

7

5

70.9

78.1

74.5

72

50

62

2015

80.9

84.8

82.8

3

7

4

71.6

78.3

74.9

76

64

70

LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE

GOOD

POOR

AUSTRALIA

SRI LANKA

World Rank

World Rank

Male

Female

M

F

Male

Female

M

F

At Birth

80.9

84.8

3

7

71.6

78.3

76

64

Age 5

81.3

85.1

3

7

72.3

78.9

85

68

Age 10

81.3

85.1

3

7

72.4

79.0

87

68

Age 15

81.3

85.1

3

7

72.5

79.1

87

68

Age 20

81.5

85.2

3

7

72.8

79.3

87

66

Age 25

81.6

85.3

3

7

73.4

79.5

83

68

Age 30

81.8

85.4

3

7

74.0

79.7

81

69

Age 35

82.0

85.5

3

7

74.5

79.8

79

69

Age 40

82.2

85.6

3

7

75.2

80.0

79

68

Age 45

82.5

85.8

1

7

75.9

80.3

74

68

Age 50

82.9

86.1

1

7

76.9

80.6

70

71

Age 55

83.4

86.4

1

7

78.0

81.1

66

73

Age 60

84.0

86.8

1

7

79.4

81.8

60

75

Age 65

84.8

87.4

1

7

80.9

82.7

61

76

Age 70

85.8

88.1

1

7

82.8

83.9

58

78

Age 75

87.2

89.1

4

10

85.0

85.8

57

78

Age 80

89.0

90.4

7

14

87.7

88.0

52

76

Age 85

91.4

92.2

16

21

90.9

90.9

34

74

Age 90

94.3

94.9

26

35

94.5

94.3

22

71

Age 95

98.0

98.2

48

52

98.5

98.2

16

55

Age 100

102.1

102.2

65

67

102.7

102.4

13

50

TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

AUSTRALIA

SRI LANKA

TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH

Rate

World Rank

Rate

World Rank

1.

Coronary Heart Disease

54.89

147

154.65

31

2.

Stroke

27.41

162

72.35

105

3.

Alzheimers/Dementia

25.91

12

3.36

76

4.

Lung Cancers

22.62

46

6.44

119

5.

Prostate Cancer

20.14

60

2.22

165

6.

Breast Cancer

18.33

67

11.60

124

7.

Lung Disease

14.93

118

29.40

38

8.

Colon-Rectum Cancers

12.45

52

2.63

163

9.

Diabetes Mellitus

11.05

139

47.87

31

10.

Suicide

10.65

63

28.77

5

11.

Lymphomas

6.96

31

2.85

128

12.

Kidney Disease

6.90

136

16.34

66

13.

Pancreas Cancer

6.77

46

0.67

164

14.

Skin Cancers

6.52

2

0.23

166

15.

Endocrine Disorders

6.07

85

1.49

159

16.

Influenza and Pneumonia

5.74

167

35.08

80

17.

Road Traffic Accidents

5.67

152

13.05

106

18.

Ovary Cancer

5.18

62

4.16

87

19.

Leukemia

5.09

29

4.24

63

20.

Falls

5.02

94

8.61

51

21.

Other Injuries

5.01

150

22.53

34

22.

Hypertension

4.67

160

12.95

117

23.

Liver Cancer

4.35

108

3.58

136

24.

Inflammatory/Heart

4.00

134

5.38

114

25.

Oesophagus Cancer

3.85

57

5.99

30

26.

Liver Disease

3.68

164

15.28

89

27.

Congenital Anomalies

3.54

148

6.77

114

28.

Stomach Cancer

3.41

133

5.87

82

29.

Parkinson's Disease

3.36

26

0.61

147

30.

Drug Use

3.32

28

0.54

122

31.

Bladder Cancer

3.04

57

1.02

143

32.

Other Neoplasms

2.64

85

0.28

165

33.

Oral Cancer

2.46

102

8.94

8

34.

Cervical Cancer

1.99

154

5.90

108

35.

Low Birth Weight

1.92

150

4.39

121

36.

Uterin Cancer

1.85

93

0.46

165

37.

Alcohol

1.43

66

1.01

77

38.

Asthma

1.18

132

13.98

20

39.

Poisonings

1.16

93

0.44

147

40.

Violence

1.15

145

8.23

66

41.

Skin Disease

1.13

105

0.31

148

42.

Epilepsy

1.10

127

2.20

76

43.

Birth Trauma

1.01

133

1.58

119

44.

Rheumatic Heart Disease

1.00

136

3.48

95

45.

Drownings

0.90

152

4.56

78

46.

Peptic Ulcer Disease

0.73

157

0.73

158

47.

Rheumatoid Arthritis

0.50

93

0.31

123

48.

Multiple Sclerosis

0.49

36

0.07

149

49.

Fires

0.48

149

2.40

86

50.

Diarrhoeal diseases

0.32

158

7.80

72

TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE

PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES

AUSTRALIA

SRI LANKA

Deaths

%

Deaths

%

1.

Coronary Heart Disease

21,339

18.06

32,582

25.74

2.

Stroke

10,985

9.30

15,172

11.98

3.

Alzheimers/Dementia

10,752

9.10

689

0.54

4.

Lung Cancers

8,235

6.97

1,400

1.11

5.

Lung Disease

5,886

4.98

6,127

4.84

6.

Colon-Rectum Cancers

4,566

3.87

565

0.45

7.

Diabetes Mellitus

4,264

3.61

10,195

8.05

8.

Prostate Cancer

3,676

3.11

208

0.16

9.

Breast Cancer

3,267

2.77

1,361

1.07

10.

Kidney Disease

2,776

2.35

3,494

2.76

11.

Suicide

2,679

2.27

6,170

4.87

12.

Lymphomas

2,595

2.20

614

0.49

13.

Pancreas Cancer

2,470

2.09

145

0.11

14.

Skin Cancers

2,326

1.97

48

0.04

15.

Influenza and Pneumonia

2,213

1.87

7,292

5.76

16.

Endocrine Disorders

2,165

1.83

315

0.25

17.

Falls

1,969

1.67

1,823

1.44

18.

Hypertension

1,892

1.60

2,733

2.16

19.

Leukemia

1,878

1.59

904

0.71

20.

Other Injuries

1,730

1.46

4,800

3.79

21.

Liver Cancer

1,504

1.27

772

0.61

22.

Road Traffic Accidents

1,394

1.18

2,773

2.19

23.

Parkinson's Disease

1,391

1.18

126

0.10

24.

Oesophagus Cancer

1,380

1.17

1,301

1.03

25.

Inflammatory/Heart

1,359

1.15

1,142

0.90

26.

Stomach Cancer

1,222

1.03

1,266

1.00

27.

Bladder Cancer

1,199

1.02

216

0.17

28.

Liver Disease

1,105

0.94

3,349

2.65

29.

Other Neoplasms

1,006

0.85

60

0.05

30.

Ovary Cancer

937

0.79

487

0.38

31.

Oral Cancer

845

0.72

1,914

1.51

32.

Drug Use

816

0.69

117

0.09

33.

Congenital Anomalies

705

0.60

1,427

1.13

34.

Skin Disease

449

0.38

66

0.05

35.

Alcohol

405

0.34

225

0.18

36.

Asthma

397

0.34

2,953

2.33

37.

Rheumatic Heart Disease

379

0.32

735

0.58

38.

Uterin Cancer

357

0.30

53

0.04

39.

Low Birth Weight

331

0.28

930

0.73

40.

Cervical Cancer

329

0.28

690

0.55

41.

Epilepsy

305

0.26

468

0.37

42.

Poisonings

298

0.25

91

0.07

43.

Violence

278

0.24

1,765

1.39

44.

Peptic Ulcer Disease

277

0.23

155

0.12

45.

Drownings

216

0.18

964

0.76

46.

Rheumatoid Arthritis

197

0.17

65

0.05

47.

Birth Trauma

174

0.15

335

0.26

48.

Multiple Sclerosis

154

0.13

15

0.01

49.

Fires

126

0.11

506

0.40

50.

Diarrhoeal diseases

122

0.10

1,646

1.30

CANCER RANK BY TYPE

AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE

PER 100,000 POPULATION

GOOD

POOR

AUSTRALIA

SRI LANKA

Rate

World Rank

Rate

World Rank

1.

Lung Cancers

22.62

46

6.44

119

2.

Prostate Cancer

20.14

60

2.22

165

3.

Breast Cancer

18.33

67

11.60

124

4.

Colon-Rectum Cancers

12.45

52

2.63

163

5.

Lymphomas

6.96

31

2.85

128

6.

Pancreas Cancer

6.77

46

0.67

164

7.

Skin Cancers

6.52

2

0.23

166

8.

Ovary Cancer

5.18

62

4.16

87

9.

Leukemia

5.09

29

4.24

63

10.

Liver Cancer

4.35

108

3.58

136

11.

Oesophagus Cancer

3.85

57

5.99

30

12.

Stomach Cancer

3.41

133

5.87

82

13.

Bladder Cancer

3.04

57

1.02

143

14.

Oral Cancer

2.46

102

8.94

8

15.

Cervical Cancer

1.99

154

5.90

108

16.

Uterin Cancer

1.85

93

0.46

165

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.

World Rankings Calculations Are Age Adjusted Death Rates Per 100,000 Population.

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